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Christmas is about tradition, so I thought I'd give this a try and join in the singing.

It just so happens that one of my very favorite Christmas carols - okay, it's more of a song than a carol, but I think FM will allow it - also carries quite a bit of tradition along with it, perhaps in a way you might not think.

For 27 years, Darlene Love has been a special guest on the Late Show with David Letterman for his last show before Christmas. Ms. Love comes with one purpose, and that is to sing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" to the delight of fans around the world. Darlene Love is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Tony award nominee, and has an exhaustive list of musical performances as a backup singer and collaborator and lead performer in her own right.

So last night, at the age of 72 years, Ms. Love took the stage over at David Letterman's show for her 27th year.

She brought the house down.

Here is last night's performance, sung as no one else on this planet could sing it.

And the lyrics are posted below, so you can listen again and sing along.The snow's coming down

I'm watching it fallLots of people aroundBaby please come home

The church bells in townAll singing in songFull of happy soundsBaby please come home

They're singing "Deck The Halls"But it's not like Christmas at all'Cause I remember when you were hereAnd all the fun we had last year

Pretty lights on the treeI'm watching them shineYou should be here with meBaby please come home

They're singing "Deck The Halls"But it's not like Christmas at all'Cause I remember when you were hereAnd all the fun we had last year

If there was a wayI'd hold back this tearBut it's Christmas dayPleasePleasePleasePleaseBaby please come home

David Letterman (through his representative) was quoted by the Huffington Post saying, "It isn't Christmas without Darlene Love."(1)

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